Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-08


the same results got by this means are
vastly more weakening thau when got
by the other. "A great advantage TO him
is the peculiarly of his build and ply
sique. He can train himself down to a
string almost and yet be strong, muscu-
lar and well. He says he can bring HIM.
self down SO ss 10 strip at l0i and not
weaken himself.
Garrison has very peculiar seat, anI.
much ridicule has been lavished upon
it. 1t is far from artistic in appearance,
but in effectiveness it Is the best, in
the opinion of mary horscman, that has
ever been seen. He sits far forward,
presses hard in the stirrups, and then
leans still further to the front. He seems
to be taking aim at q mark between the
horses ears. He usually gets Off among
the first. When not restricted by train
ers' instructions, and he is out to win the
nrace, and thinks he has got the horse to
do 1t with, his tactics are these: Having
got rs good a start as possible, he pulls
into the fence and takes second cr third
place behind the horses that are making
the pace. He hugs the fence the whole
distance, whatever it may be, and takes
good note of what the rest are doing.
When they all swing into the stretch and
straighten out for the finish he knows
which are the dangerous competitors. He
works his horse to even terms with the
best one of those that he has made up his
mind will be in at the finish. Then his
practice is to hang to that horse until the
line Is dangerously near the wire. Sud
denly he shoots out like an arrow from
the bow and nlps the leader right at the
line. In this way he gives the public no
idea of how much reserve speed the
horse may or may not have had. Coming
in he sits so far forward as to throw the
burden of his weight on the horses
shoulders and forelegs instead of on his
back, and he seems to be more easily
carried there.
Close observance of Garrison used to
think that they could tell when Garrison
meant to win. He had several little
tricks, such as patting his horses neck
as he passed the stand in the preliminary
canter. But those who carried their in
terpretations os these signs to the pool
box found them as uncertain as any other
method of helping out IN their effort to
guess the winners.
HIS FAMOUS RACE
in which he beat the Bard on Troubadour
was marked by the tactics given rs char
acteristic of him. He modestly says their
is not much in management and pepedl-
ents in riding and without talk about his
skill as jockey. He declares that all
there is to be done Is to get off well and
make your horse do all that's IN him to
only exception the writer has over heard
to this was when Garrison described his
winning on Galhfet beating Specially,
with Mclaughlin up, when almost under
the WIRE ut Monmouth. u saw that
Specially had it when we came into the
stretch" he said. ~ pulled out and got
as near to her rs | could, and succeeded
attracting her Jockeys attention to
nc. As he looked | pulled and he
thpurlt I was Innp He pa sod think
ing he was safe, and | pulled in to the
fence and slid by while he was looking
the other way"
This is another one of his typical
points. He Is a most terrific iinisher.
His equal there never straddled horse.
He is more to be feared in the end of the
stretch than any jockey living the world
over. His habit of Watching the most
dangerous horse against INN he has in
common with most other jockeys, but
more than any other of these Is his judg-
ment good in deciding which horse it is.
The boys are frequently told among their
directions from the trainer to look out
for some certain horse. This is simply
the trainers opinion, and may be shown
to be wrong before the horses get off.
Garrison makes his Judgment himself,
confirms it during the running, and acts
on it in the stretch. Many OF his
NOTABLE SUCCESSES
have been made on Barnum, a horse
whose records of winning against horses
believed to OutclasS HIM are remarkable.
In is popularity believed that the Snap
per's share IN these victories has been no
small one. This belief is held concern
cernine the race in which Barnum beat
Miss Woodford in the mud at Sleeps
head when she was far and away fav-
orite. He did not beat her exactly, but
ran dead head with her in the mud, and
the Dryers gave up the stake rather
than punish the queen by making her
race again in that kind OF going.
The prizes of success in Snapper's
walk in life have been indicated. 1t is
rushing and somewhat precocious exist
ence. Not yet twenty years old. he is in
receipt of nearly half the income OF the
president of the United States, and well
above the figures of what are considered
good rewards for men of large profess
sionai experience and advanced years
lawyers, doctors and the like. He has
been married year and IA half and owns
home in neat brown stone house
at 91 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn, half way
up the fashionable Prospect bill that
rises to the entrance to Prospect park.
He owns Eolian, valued at $500; Cy-
c!ops, So. 600 and colt by Inquirer, out
that cost s. 900, and goes down the road
behind him to ride at Brighton Beach.
He loses sight of his usual modesty when
he talks about thif trotter. They all
know me down the road he says, "and
they all know him. | beat Father Bill
the other day, and he was driving Scud,
who has Il record of 2:26."
GARRISON Is A HEAVY BETTER,
and of course this brings big element
of uncertainty into the question, but he
seems likely to develop into a solid
citizen of the City of Churches. He does
not disspate, and he goes directly home
to play cards with his wife rs soon as he
gets through at the track. He is provi-
dent, and his idea of buying horses is to
have a stable and II business when few
years more will make it irksome for him
to reduce to the proper weight for
jockey.
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